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Gray triggerfishShoulder seasonGut · South Carolina
Skull Inlet
32.31°N · 80.50°W · Gut · Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM
Species here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Atlantic croaker76
- Spot71
- Florida pompano69
- Crevalle jack64
- Atlantic tarpon61
- King mackerel58
- Summer flounder58
- Gray snapper57
- Red drum57
- Spanish mackerel55
- Wahoo52
- Black sea bass51
- Mahi-mahi50
- Southern flounder50
- Black drum49
- Little tunny48
- Weakfish47
- Spotted seatrout46
- Gray triggerfish45
- Gag grouper44
- Red snapper44
- Sheepshead44
- Cobia43
- Red grouper43
- Greater amberjack39
- Bluefish35
- Sailfish35
- Yellowfin tuna35
Best score today · 8 AM · Gray triggerfish
- Now
- 457 PM EDT
- Best window
- 7 PM-12 AMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High7.5 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions · rolling from now
Conditions · 7 PM · now
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
29Tide: High slackCurrent: SlackWind & pressure
ECMWF
95Wind: 11 kt NNEPressure: SteadyWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
81Water temp: 83°F, warmLight: DuskSolunar: Between periodsSeas: 2.1 ftSeason & habitat · Gray triggerfish
Species seasonality
44Season: ShoulderHabitat: Poor fitDepth: Out of rangeRegulations: no rule on file
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Gray triggerfish is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with SCDNR before you keep a fish.
Source: SCDNR · synced today
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Gray triggerfish is best here
Shoulder season for Gray triggerfish · 5 more weeks at shoulder
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Skull Inlet
- Depth
- 1-6 ftFlat bottom
- Structure
- Inlet · Outer · Semi-exposedInlet · flat bottom
- Season
- Shoulder seasonGray triggerfish
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Skull Inlet
Skull Inlet is a gut in Coastal waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA out 20 NM, South Carolina. Depth is 1-6 ft, with a flat bottom. Its profile reads inlet, outer water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 28 species here; the best right now are Atlantic croaker, spot and Florida pompano. It is peak season now for Atlantic croaker, spot, crevalle jack and Atlantic tarpon, and shoulder season for Florida pompano, Spanish mackerel, wahoo and black sea bass. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October. Spot peak from September through October. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November.
Tackle & technique
- Gray triggerfish
- Gray triggerfish hover a few feet over reefs, wrecks and ledges, usually in 60 to 200 feet, and often show up while snapper fishing. Use small, strong circle hooks with small pieces of squid or cut bait on a short bottom rig, because they nibble and strip big baits. Keep the bait just off the bottom and reel steadily at the first solid pull.
- Atlantic croaker
- Croaker feed on mud and sand bottom along channel edges, oyster bars, piers and deeper holes in bays and sounds, mostly in 5 to 30 feet of water. A two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and shrimp, bloodworm or squid catches them from piers, the surf and small boats. Fish the hours around high tide and into the evening.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
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- Florida pompano 68
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Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with SCDNR before you keep a fish.